This extraordinary relationship between the writer and the political leader may be unique.He also became a member of International PEN and established, and was first president of, the Czechoslovak Pen Club.…

Fandorin, who has just assumed the post of the Governor-General's Deputy for Special Assignments, is very suspicious of the circumstances of Sobolev's death.Before long, his investigation will lead him to another quite extraordinary man.…

He began with a presentation in 1893 at the Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of the Memory on algebraic machines.In his time, this was considered an extraordinary success for Spanish scientific production.In 1895 the machines were presented at a congress in Bordeaux.…

With this extraordinary increase in population came the need for schools and sources of entertainment.In response to this demand came the construction of John Adams High School in 1930.…

When you give people something extraordinary, they expect it every time.

That version in its definitive form was published by the great French Hispanist in 1929.It is difficult now to account for the extraordinary popularity of the work.It gave rise to a great literary controversy, the author having tried to claim it as historically accurate, appealing to an imaginary "manuscript in Florence."…

Buckingham was buried on 7 June 1687 in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey, with greater splendour than the late king.With his death, the family founded by the extraordinary rise to power and influence of the first duke ended.As he left no legitimate children, the title became extinct, and his great estate was completely dissipated; of the enormous mansion he constructed at Cliveden in Buckinghamshire only the arcaded terrace remains.…

He did not associate himself with the hoi polloi and was thus not very well known outside of his circles.However, all those who knew him recognised his talent and felt that he was extraordinary.…

It had fifty performances over the next year, extraordinary at the time.

After a new law is approved, it is announced to the public through the publication of the text of the law in a government periodical and/or on official websites.National laws of extraordinary importance to the public may be announced by the head of state on a national broadcast.Local laws are usually announced in the local newspapers and published in bulletins or compendia of municipal regulations.…

His unconstitutional and seemingly reluctant accession, and his direct appeal to the Roman masses over the heads of the senate may have been interpreted as signs of tyranny.Under these circumstances, an extraordinary personal charisma must have been central to his success.When Servius expanded Romes influence and boundaries, and reorganised its citizenship and armies, his "new Rome" was still centered on the Comitium, the Casa Romuli or "hut" of Romulus.…

They differed, however, on the proper subject of literature; Joyce thought writers should focus on commonplace subjects and make them extraordinary, while Barnes was always drawn to the unusual, even the grotesque.Then, too, her own life was an extraordinary subject.…

In 1996, Springer wanted people to send him videotapes explaining why they wanted Springer to tape a show in their home.Its extraordinary success has led it to be broadcast in dozens of countries.The show gained so much popularity that for a while it was the top-rated daytime talk show in the United States.…

Manichaeism continued to spread with extraordinary speed through both the east and west.It reached Rome through the apostle Psattiq by AD 280, who was also in Egypt in 244 and 251.…

Congress gave the new civilian Commission extraordinary power and considerable independence to carry out its mission.To provide the Commission exceptional freedom in hiring scientists and professionals, Commission employees were exempt from the Civil Service system.…

Highlighting the event is the procession to carry the wooden sculpture of Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao-a goddess which is respected by the citizens of Chinese ethnicity in Pattani.This annual fair also features extraordinary arts of endurance such as walking on fire.Before joining the festival for 7 days, participants of the fair need to be vegetarians by having no-meat food at least 7 days before the festival.…

It was about how individuals respond to pressure: different men reacting quite differently.The film was about three steel workers in extraordinary circumstances.…

The term demigod first appeared in English in the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century when it was used to render the Greek and Roman concepts of and daemon.Since then, it has frequently been applied figuratively to people of extraordinary ability.John Milton states in Paradise Lost that angels are demigods.…

They seemed like ordinary people playing extraordinary music.

Brave, noble, and gifted with eloquence, Sertorius was just the man to impress them favourably, and the native warriors, whom he organized, spoke of him as the "new Hannibal".His skill as a general was extraordinary, as he repeatedly defeated forces many times his own size.…

Synonyms of
extraordinary

Meaning of
extraordinary

adjectiveBeyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable→
extraordinary authority,
an extraordinary achievement,
her extraordinary beauty,
enjoyed extraordinary popularity,
an extraordinary capacity for work,
an extraordinary session of the legislature